Coin purse



May 15. 1928. 1,669,896

W. R. BUXTON 4 COIN PURS E Filed June 24, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORizz MVPM l BY j [6 ATTORNEYS May 1 5, 1928. 1,669,896

6 w. R. BUXTON COIN PURSE Filed June 24,- 1924 s Sheets-Sheet :5

lNVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented May 15, 1928.

UNITED: STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARNER R. BUXTON, 01.1 LoNeMEADow, MASSACHUSETTS:

COIN PURSE.

Application filed June 24, 1924. Serial No. 722,127.

This invention relates to improvements in coin purses.

The invention is. adevelopment of that disclosed. in my copendingappl'ic'atioirserial N 722,128, filed June 24, 1924. The purse disclosedinsaid application iscliaracterized by an inner piece of rather stifl'material which is constructed to bend readily along certainpredetermined lines and according to a definite plan. This inner memberis mounted in an outer case or envelope and forms the bottom or floorofa tray purse. The arrangeinei'it is suchthat, When the 1nid dieportion of the purse is pressed With the fingersithe inner inember'wilibend down into deep trough like form and"v so that the coins inayreadily slide out of the pocket and he s read out on the t'ray'of thepurse.

One oaject of this invention isto improve the tray construction by theprovision of flap extensions on the inner neinber which are made tocooperate with the marginal Wings oi the tray and cause the same to beraised upwardly when the inner member is bent downwardly into the formdescribed.

Another object of the invention is to improve the construction of theouter Case or envelope to the end oi? securing greater freedom forthebending action of the i-nnerfioor member and greater range for thebending Other objects and advantages will appear in the followingdescription and in the illustrative mnbodinient of the invention in theaccompanying drawings, in whichz- .Fi 1 is a top plan view of an opentray whet embodying the invention;

bent by n-essuro applied to its sides;

Fig. 5 isasina-ll scale top plan View, taken sin'nlarlyto 91g. 1. butshowing the purse when bent by the applici l-t-ion of pressure to itssides;

,Fi 6' y a iragnientai'y cross-sectional vieistak'eh on; the line 66 ofFig. 1, showing the normal position. of the tray and its side wings; I

1? 7 is. a. iew siniilartp Fig. 6, but showingi the positions assumed bythe bottom of the trayand its side Wing's when pressure is appliedto thesides otthe tray purse;

Fig; 8 is a View taken similarly to Fig. l, but showing a modificationof the invention;

111g. 9 is, adeveloped' view of the blank from v WlllCll the innerlining n ember'is made;

Figs. 10 and 11 are eross sectional views taken on the lines 10 1O andI1111, respectively, of F 8 I FigQlQ is a view taken similarly to Fig.1' but showing a furtherinodifiation of the invention; v i

Fig. 13' is an elevational iew of one side ofthe tray purse showi'i inFig. 12;

Fig. 14 is a fragmentary elevation'al View of the opposite side of thetray purse; and

Fig. 15 is an elevational view showing the parse in its folded position.Y

Referring to these drawings and partied larly to Fig. 1 to 7 'i'nclnsivethe specific coin purse illustrated (generally referred to as a trayparse) includes an envelope or outer time A. niiide ot readily flex ible,Illtl terizrl such as leather or the like, and an in er niember B, hihis made of inticlrlieaii'er ii'd' less flexible material, stich asrelatively thick leather orthe like. The constrnction of the outer caseA follows more or less conventio 'iail lines and a detailed descriptionof its constructional features will be postponeduntil the constructionand 0peration of the inner member B has been explained.

uniqiife feature of the tray purse. 1t consists of a substantiallyrecta'ngl hir piece of rather stiif leather-and its outline, when inthel'nirse. maybe seen by following the dolted' line 16 in" F; 1'. Themember B cut throiigh .Withn sliarpltni'l e along amen-a1 line li fromonle en'd up to a point 18, which is a little over half way from su'ehend. Two diyerlg ing cuts 19 and. 20 are nade iron) the point 18 topoints 21 and Each of these points 21, and 22 are about eqiially spacedfrom eachother and from the adjacent clorlnersof member B. As shown,this end of the nembe'rlis cut in, or back, so that the central portion,W1 vrt-rpoiii'its 21 and 22 are located, isspaced l'ron'i the adjacent,end of case A. lhus, the member is provided with which extend outwardlyfrom points 21 and QQ toXifard the ad j'aeeiit core. ners of the ease.The oppositeend jof' i'neinher B is preferably cutback andprovide d withsiinilzm earsQA. Tith the member B, we as de cribed, ave-1 thinleath'ert ming 1 M r, I. V '1 his innern'ieinber 1s the foundation and isapplied with adhesive to one face thereof,being the outer face as viewedin Fig. 1.

This constructionpermits a flexible'hinge action along the lines of thecuts. These cuts are made squarely with the face of the leather pieceBand with a sharp instrument so that the walls of the cut will liesubstantially contiguous and abut when the piece is flat: The thinleather facing 25, by means of which the cut sections of the piece Bare. joined together on one face, together with the thick square wallsalong the cuts of piece B, tend to strongly retard any bending actionexcept that which uses the facing as a hinge along the lines of thecuts, when the member. is bent into a predetermined trough-like shape.It is clearthat, with this construction, it the member B is graspedbetween the fingers near its middle portion and pressed inwardly, thewhole piece will immediately bend, due to the. hinged arrangementdescribed, into the form shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 7; I

The right hand portion of 'member B is provided with the two divergingcuts so that this portion will bend into shovel formationwhereas theleft hand portion provided with only one cut so that it will bend intoV-shaped formation. In this bending action, the object sought is toprovide sloping walls to cause the coins to slide out of the V-shapedportion and be spread upon the surface of the shovel-' shaped portion.

The member B forms the bottom or door of a tray purse and to thisendfits within the outer casing A. The latter'includes a back piece 26and superimposed on the left hand portion. thereof are two pieces 27 and28, which are secured thereto along one end and both sides, as bystitchings 29, thereby forming a coin pocket between the pieces 26 and27 and another pocket between the pieces 27 and 28 for the reception ofsmall cards, postage stamps and the like. A flap 30, provided on thepiece. 27, is folded over the piece 29 and normally closes the lastnamed pocket That portion of the back piece 26 not covered by the pieces27 and 28 forms the tray portion of the purse and communicates with'the' pocket 30. The tray portion is embordered with side and end wings31 and 32 to prevent the coins from escaping from the tray as they slideout of the pocket30 upon the shovel shaped floor of the tray.

The parts described are thus assembled to form a coin purse embodyingthe invention of the application above referred to. "\Vhen the purse isopened, as in Fig. 1. and the iniddleportion is pressed together, asindicated in Fig. 5, the stiff memberB immediately bends in'the intendedmanner and the fioor of the pocket 30 falls down into trough like formand the floor of the tray into shovel" shaped form. As a consequence,the coins slide out of the pocket and are spread out and displayed onthe tray for convenient selection. In connection with this action, theobject of cutting back the ends of the member B from the ends of theouter case is to give freedom for the downard movement. These ends, ifwedged, in between the upper and lower parts of case A at its ends,would be held against bending and would in turn tend to restrict thedegree of bending of the intermediate portions of member B. Asconstructed, the end of the member disposed on the bottom of pocket 30bends down but not to so great a degree as the member bends near themouth of the pocket (see Fig. 4) so that the floor of pocket 30 slopesdownwardly from its closed end toward its open end.

The action of the member B in bending downwardly is controlled by theback portion 26 of the outer case, which exerts a re stricting influencethereupon. This influence is proportional in degree. to the degree ofstifi'ness of the back piece 96. As a 1 actical matter, a very thin,soft leather is ideal for the back piece but 'in practice is notsatisfactory as the outer face of the case. As a feature of thisinvention, I construct the piece 26 of thin, soft, readily pliableleather to improve the action of the purse by lessening the restrictinginfluence of the back piece on the bending of the member B and, in orderto provide a suitable wearing face for the back of the purse, I providea second back piece 33 of greater length than the piece 26. Suihcientslack in the piece 33 is provided so that the piece 26 can movedownwardly without restriction and, in furtherance of this object. thepiece 33 which is secured at its ends to the piece 26 is secured theretoalong only one of its two sides. The slack in;the stitched side of theouter back piece 33 is all left at the middle portion which isunsecured. as shown at 3% in Fig. 2. This construction permits the useof a more serviceable leather as an outer wearing face of the case andat the same time avoids the restricting inilu' once on the bendingaction of member B which would exist if such sort of leather. were usedfor the inner back 26. The latter can be'made of the very soft, thinmaterial desired and be protected by the more serviceable outer back 33.

The wings 31 and 32, as shown, are integral portions of the outer backpiece 33 and are made from a substantially U-shaped portion thereofwhich is bent over the right hand end of the purse and secured along theside edges of the latter, as by stitchings 34. In the case of the endwing 32, the inner back piece 26 has an extension which is brought up inunder the wing as shown in Hit nuance F i'g. 3. These end extensions ofthe pieces 26 and 33 are both turned inwardly, over the cross barportion of a U-shaped wire 36, and secured by adhesive in the positionsshown in Fig. 3. The two leg portions of this U-shaped wire extend alongthe inner edges of the side wings 31, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 6.

As a feature of this invention, I provide flap extensions 37 of thefloor member 13, one on each side thereof, which are turned upwardly andunderlie the sidewings 31. These extensions are secured to the wings byadhesive and this fastening of the member B to the case is the onlyfasteningemployed- The member B is free to slide back and forth in thepocket 80, as may be necessary, when the tray portion is folded upon thepocket portion to close the purse. seen that, in the action of togethernear its middle portion to depress the floor member B into trough likeform, there is an additional action due to the con nection of the flapextensions 37 with the wings 31. As the floor member B bendsLlOWIlWZlI-L'llY, the flap extensions naturally bend upwardly and raisethe wings to a greater distance above the floor of the tray. Theelevation of the wings automatically occurs at the time when needed,being caused by the depression of the floor, which causes the-coins toslideout upon the tray.

The raising of the wings 3i naturally occurs to a greater degree neartheir free ends, or in other words, nearest the location which pressureapplied to the" sides of the purse. The U-shaped spring wire 36,however, tends to transinit the raising action all. along the wings 31and along the end wi 32. It also assistslin the raising of the sidewings by holding their inner "edges while their outer edgesmoveiinwardly under the pressurc on the sides of the'purse. The inneredges being held against inward movement are obliged to move upwardly asthe outer edges move inwardly. The wire 36 is desirably rounded andunsecured to any portion of the wings in the sense that the latter canturn on the rod during the-action described. ency to cause theparts ofthe purse to return to normal position after the pressure on its sidesis relaxed.

The purse. when closed and inthe condition in which it is carried in thepocket, is shown in Fig. 15. over upon the pocket manner. In Fig. 2, Ihave shown'a flap 39 on one end of the purse carrying one section 40 ofa snap fasteneiywhieh whentl're' nurseis clo-seitl can be engaged. withanother fastener section il, carried by the outer bacl: piece a v i lThe specificyand preferred form in which the invention has beendisclosed may be va- It will be pressing the case The wire 36-also hassome tend-v The tray section is folded: section in the usualv riedWidely without departing from zthe scopeof the invention. For example,the member B may be cut in many other ways and still function in thesame general inanner. The arrangement whereby a fiat central portion isformed in the floor of the tray, when depressed as described, isdesirable, important and preferred but the results of the invention canbe obtained to a degree, if this feature is omitted, as shown in Fig. 8.Here theanem'ber B is provided with :a single ct-intral cut 42' whichextends nearly from endwto end and terminates just short of theend wing32 at a hole 43. From the latterdiverging cuts 445 are made to theadjacent corners of member B, leaving a triangular section 45, whichforms a sloping wall at the end of the tray when the floor thereof isdepressed. The flat portion for the central partuof the floor of thetray may also be obtained in various other ways, one of which isillustra' ed in Fig. 12 wherein the member 13 has two spaced,longitudinal cuts 46-. hen the floor of this member 13 is depressed, acentral flat portion 47 will be formed between the sloping side wallsand this.portionmay, if desired, extend from end to end of the purse,shown. In 'Fig. 12, the end of member B adjacent wing 32 is cutback asdescribed in connection with F i g.- l, forming ears 23. but the spacebetween these ears is covered by extending the thin leather facing 25 inunder the wings. This expedient is use'd to insure against coins working,their way in under member B, where the spacebetween' the end ofmember Band the adjacentend of the tray is larger than the smallest coin used,as it is in F ig. l2.

Thecconfnection offl ap extensions; of member withthe side wings 31. asdescribed in connection with Fig. 1 serves also to raise the end wing 32by reason of the U- shaped wire36. lhile this-arrangement is preferredand is the most effective for its purpose, the'results ofthe invention,at least in part. can be obtained by other arrang ments differingspecially in form. For exan'iple, as shown in Fig. 8, the wire 36 may beomitted and reliance placed whollynpon the flap extensions 37,supplemented. if de sired by an end flap extension 48 which i: connectedwith-the endwing 32 to reenforce the sameand tendto raise it when thefloor of the tray is depressed.

The provisionof the outer back piece 33 is a, feature of inventioncapable of use independently ot the other-inventive features and maybeomitted, a-sshown in Figs. 8, 10 and 12, although it is important. andprefez-red for the reasons above stated.

So also the manner, in which the member B is weakened to bend along:predetermined lines-according to-a definite plan. may be varied withinwide limits. There are many till iii:

convenient selection.

other known methods of weakening which, if used, would permit theresults of this invention to be obtained to a degree although thatmethod specifically disclosed herein has proved most satisfactory inservice and is therefore preferred.

The member B may, to advantage, be made to line both, walls of pocket30, as shown in Fig. 10. In such case, member B is provided at one endwith side flaps 50 which are folded along the dot-ted lines shown inFig. 9 and their edges brought together shown in Fig. 10, being held; asdescribed, by the thin leather facing to form a hinge connection. Thisconstruction insures a full, wide opening for the mouth of pocket 3t)and also increases the tendency of the floor of the tray to benddownwardly in the intended way.

In operation, the twosections of the purse, which are normallypositioned one above the other as shown in Fig. 15, are moved into therelative positions shown in Fig. 1, in which the tray lies in extendedrelation with, and in continuation of, the coin pocket 30. The purse,when thus opened, is usually held in the palm of the hand with the thumband one finger grasping the sides of the purse near its central portion.Pressure on these sides is applied by moving the thumb and finger towardone another and on the application of such pressure, the purse takes aform somewhat like that shown in Fig. 5. On the application of pressure,the outer edges of member B are forced toward one another and, since thesections of this memher are. so hinged as to move toward the hack piece26 or downwardly (as the purse is held in the hand), the floor of thepocket. 30 assumes the position shown in Fig. 4: and the floor of thetray assumes the position shown in Fig. 7. The coins gravitate down theoutwardly sloping floor of the pocket 30 and issue from the mouththereof onto the tray, even though the purse be held horizontally. Aslight elevation of the. pocket above the purse/is. however, ordinarilyemployed. The bending of the floor oi the tray makes its central portionvery deep and renders it diilicult for coins to escape by riding up overthe wings 31 or 32. The sloping side walls of the floor of the. traytend to prevent such action with respect to wings 31 and the end of thetray adjacent wing 32 HSSUITKS a similar position and performs a similarfunction. The fiat section of the tray naturally receives the bulk ofthe coins and they are thus more or less centralized so as to beaccessible for Ifthis section happens to be tilled with coins, othercoins will rest on the adjacent sloping sections and the arrangen'ientis such as to cause the coins to be spread out and distributed over thetray rather than bunched in one particular location;

The bending action, the Wings 31 to tilt upwardly and to a greaterdegree near the points of application of pressure than neartheirjunction with wing 32. This condition is illustrated in Fig. 7. Thisaction follows from the inward movement of the flap extensions 37 at oneend of their hinge'line of connection with member 15. While such edgesmove inwardly, their upper edges are tied together at the opposite endby the end wing 32 and cannot move. inwardly, (onsequeutly, due,to thepressure and to the restraining action of the end wing, the side wingsnear their free ends tilt upwardly. This action is intensified if thespring wire it is used. The latter also tends to restore the parts tonormal position on the relaxation of pressure on the sides of the purse.Previous to the relaxation of pressure, the purse is tilted so as toallow the coins in the tray to slide back into the purse, after whichthe side pressure is relaxed and the tray folded over upon the purxe, asshown in Fig. 15. i The invention is characterized by the provision ofan inner-member for the tray arranged to bend in a predetermined mannerand more easily and to a greater degree than it otherwise would. Thisinner menr her is associated with an outer casing which can be made ofthe tine, soft, thin leathers which have not, of themselves, sutiicientsubstance to function alone in the desired way. A better appearing traypurse, and one which functions in a materially in'iprored way, isprovided bythe use of the two niaterials, neither one. of whichE hasheretofore proved commercially satisfactory. The bending of the floor ofthe tray occurs in a predeterminedmanner according to a definite planand the bending is far more readily accomplished and occurs to a greaterdegree than in any other tray purse of which 1 am aware. At the sametime, the purse is kept in a. thin compact form which is desirable toenable it to be comfortably carried in the pocket. Aside from the spring\vire dcseribed there are no metal parts, the presence of whichordinarily adds weight and bulk to the case. The spring wire is,however, small. and of light weight and its pres ence in the case hardlynoticeable.

The nvention has been -(l1S(:l0S(l(l herein,

in an embodiment at present preferred with detailed variations, forillustrative purpose:-:, but the scope of the invention is defined bythe appended claims rather than by the foregoing description. H

\Vhat I claim is:

1. A coin purse, flexible material forming a coln pocket and a trayfoldably connected therewith, said comprising a casing of described,also causes casing having a double back comprising an inner back ofsoft, readily pliable material forming the bottom of the pocket and trayand an outer back of flexible but less pliable material forming an.outer wearing surface, and a relatively stitl' member disposed within.the casing and made up of hinged sections constructed to bend towardsaid inner back when pressure is applied to the sides of said casing,said outer back being larger than the inner back and spaced therefrom topermit free downward movement of said member and inner back. i

2. In a coin purse, a casing comprising an inner back piece of softreadily pliable material, a front piece of flexible but less pliablematerial applied over the back piece to provide a coin pocket andconnected tray with marginal wings, and secured along its edges to saidback piece, a second back piece of flexible but less pliable materialthan the first named back piece and of greater length, said back piecesbeing secured together at their ends and partially along one side withthe other side completely free leaving slack in the outer back pieceintermediate its ends, and an inner member of relatively stifi materialforming a floor for said pocket and tray and made up of a plurality ofhinged sections constructed to bend in a predetermined n'ianner towardsaid inner back when pressure is applied tothc side walls of the casing.

3. In a coin purse, a easing of flexible material forming a coin pocketand connected tray, and a member of relatively still material forming afloor for said pocket and tray, said member being cut through from endto end along a plurality of longitudinal lines and having a thinflexible facing secured to its inner face, whereby the cut sections arehinged together to bend along the lines of said cuts and depress thefloor of said tray into deep trough like form when pressure is appliedto the sides of the outer case.

4. In a tray purse, a tray section comprising a member having wingsemborderlug its margins, a member of relatively stiff material appliedover the first named member forming a floor for said tray, said membercomprising a plurality of hinged sections constructed to bend downwardlyinto trough like formation when pressure is applied to the sides of thetray, and extensions from the side edges 'of the floor member bentupwardly to underlie certain of said wings.

In a coin purse, an outer casing of flexible material forming a coinpocket and connected tray, flexible wings embordering the sides andouter end of said tray, a member of relatively stiff material looselyapplied to one face of said pocket and tray and made up of sectionshinged to bend to ward said face when pressure is applied to the sidesof the casing, and extensions on said member bent up from its side edgesto underlie said wings, said member extending into said tray butterminating in spaced relation with the bottom of the pocket and theouter end of the tray.

6. In a coin purse, an outer casing of flexible material forming a coinpocket and connected tray, fiexiblewings embordering the sides and outerend of said tray, a member of relatively stiff material loosely appliedto the bottom face of said pocket and tray and made up of sectionshinged to bend to- "ward said face when pressure is applied to the sidesof the casing, extensions on said member bent up from its side edges tounderlie said wings, said member terminating in spaced. relation withthe bottom of the pocket and the outerend of the tray, and-being spacedfrom said bottom and outer end a greater distance at the center thanneart-he ends thereof.

7. In a coin purse, a casingof flexible material forming a coin pocketand connected tray. and a member of relatively still inatcrial forming afloor for said pocket and tray, said member being weakened from end toend along a plurality of longitudinal lines to bend downwardly in apredetermined manner when pressure is applied to the side walls of thecasing.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

I WARNER n. BUXTON.

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